Counsel, Commercial (AMER)

The role

You will support the Americas sales team by reviewing and negotiating customer contracts. You will act as a business partner providing legal counsel and managing complex cross-border transactions.

What you will do

• Review and negotiate ClickHouse customer contracts.
• Support the Americas sales team as a solutions-oriented business partner.
• Negotiate complex cross-border transactions with sophisticated counterparties.
• Monitor and advise on regulatory, compliance or legal developments in the Americas region.
• Provide training and enablement to internal stakeholders on legal issues and contract processes.
• Maintain and update legal agreements, policies, and templates.
• Develop and improve scalable workflows.
• Contribute to building playbooks, templates, and processes for the AMER legal function.

Required qualifications

• Law degree
• Member in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar
• 3-6 years of law firm and/or in-house experience
• Law degree from a highly ranked law school (e.g., Top 30) and/or experience at a top-tier law firm in the technology space
• Proven experience drafting, negotiating, and closing complex commercial technology transactions and SaaS agreements with enterprise customers, partners, and resellers across multiple jurisdictions
• Strong understanding of commercial legal issues related to SaaS and software licensing (i.e., data privacy, security, intellectual property, open-source, revenue recognition, and tax), professional se
• Excellent judgement, strong business orientation, and ability to translate legal risk into practical commercial advice
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and management skills
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills

Nice to have

• Experience supporting high growth infrastructure SaaS companies
• International legal experience
• Experience with data protection regulations in commercial negotiations and familiarity with regulated customer requirements
• Experience negotiating on customer paper and working with negotiation playbooks and fallback positions
• International legal experience supporting APAC

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Employer contributions towards healthcare
• Stock options
• Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
• USD$500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee
• Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites

About the company

ClickHouse is a globally distributed company operating in over 25 countries.